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FILE- This Feb. 1, 2013 file photo, shows the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, Ala. President Barack Obama signed an order Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, designating an historic civil rights district in Birmingham as a national monument. The Birmingham Civil Rights National Monument will include the now-abandoned A.G. Gaston Motel, where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. planned weeks of demonstrations against segregation in the spring of 1963; the park where black protesters were met by police dogs and fire hoses; the 16th Street Baptist Church, where four black girls died in a Ku Klux Klan bombing that year; and the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute. (Tamika Moore/AL.com via AP, File)
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"The Congressional Black Caucus has always been the conscience of the Congress, and I think we will continue to be that, and I think you are going to find the CBC fighting along with other Democrats for the soul of our Democracy," said Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland. (Associated Press)
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FILE - In this May 9, 2003 file photo Wilda Redin, right, widow of Claude Hutcherson, who piloted the Wayland Baptist College (Texas) women's basketball team, points to the "First 100 Years" of women's basketball wall as 2003 Hall of Fame inductees, Leon Barmore, second from right, former Louisiana Tech coach; Doris Rogers, seven-time All-American with Wayland Baptist College; and Patsy Neal, left, three-time All-American with Nashville Business College; tour the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tenn. Behind Rogers and Neal is Harley Redin, a 1999 inductee and Wayland Baptist College coach who is married to Wilda. UConn's women's basketball team is on the verge of winning its 91st straight game, which would break its own NCAA Division I record that was set between 2008 and 2010. The Huskies however don't own the longest streak in women's college basketball. That belongs to Wayland Baptist University in Plainview, Texas. (AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
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The steeple of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church lies on the vacant lot where the church used to stand in Greenville, Miss., on Jan. 12, 2017. The African-American church was burned and spray-painted with "Vote Trump" on Nov. 1, 2016, a week before the presidential election. Andrew McClinton of Leland, Miss., who was a member of the church, is charged with first-degree arson of a place of worship. (AP Photo/ Emily Wagster Pettus)
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In this Jan. 12, 2017 photo, an iron bell and a steeple are all that remain of Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Miss. The African-American church was burned and spray-painted with "Vote Trump" on Nov. 1, 2016, a week before the presidential election. The remaining walls were torn down and the lot was cleared weeks later. Andrew McClinton of Leland, Miss., who was a member of the church, is charged with first-degree arson of a place of worship. (AP Photo/ Emily Wagster Pettus)
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About 50 fast food workers protest the nomination of former Hardees CEO Andrew Puzder to lead the U.S. Department of Labor on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017, outside the current headquarters of the fast food chain in downtown St. Louis. Fast food workers claim Puzder is unfit for the position because of his policies toward employees as Hardees boss. (Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch via AP)
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Protesters against the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church read out the Constitution of the Russian Federation in front of the Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Authorities in Russia's second-largest city defend a controversial decision to give a city landmark cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Protesters against the transfer of St. Isaac's Cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church hold up the Constitution of the Russian Federation in front of the Cathedral in St. Petersburg, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. Authorities in Russia's second-largest city defend a controversial decision to give a city landmark cathedral to the Russian Orthodox Church. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
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Temple's Alani Moore II is guarded by Connecticut's Christian Vital, right, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Michael Keaton arrives at the U.S. premiere of "The Founder" at the Cinerama Dome at ArcLight Hollywood on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)
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In this Jan. 10, 2017 images a laserboard displays a countdown with the words '1 DAY'TO'GO' on the outside of the new Elbphilharmonie concert hall in Hamburg, Germany. The concert hall opens on Jan. 11, 2017. (Christian Charisius/dpa via AP)
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The van carrying Dylann Roof leaves the U.S. District Court on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Charleston, S.C. An unrepentant Roof was sentenced to death Tuesday for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. (Grace Beahm/The Post And Courier via AP)
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UNLV's Christian Jones (20) grabs a rebound next to New Mexico's Anthony Mathis (31) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Juan Antonio Labreche)
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New Mexico's Dane Kuiper (14) shoots between UNLV's Christian Jones, left, and Tyrell Green (3) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Albuquerque, N.M., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Juan Antonio Labreche)
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Kansas guard Frank Mason III, left, and Oklahoma guard Christian James (3) fall to the court during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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Clemson's Christian Wilkins reacts to the fans on his way out, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Clemson, S.C., the day after the Tigers defeated Alabama 35-31 in the College Football Playoff championship NCAA college football game in Tampa. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)
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Jennifer Pinckney, center, widow of Rev. Clementa Pinckney, leaves Federal Court in Charleston Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, after a jury sentenced Dylann Roof to death for fatally shooting nine black church members during a Bible study session, becoming the first person ordered executed for a federal hate crime. (Brad Nettles/The Post And Courier via AP)
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Religious leaders gather on the steps of the Texas State Capitol for an interfaith prayer event before the 85th Texas Legislative session begins, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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This image provided Monday, Jan. 9, 2017 by the New England Historic Genealogical Society shows a portion of a record of Roman Catholic baptisms from the Holy Trinity Church in 1836 in Boston. The society and the Archdiocese of Boston teamed up to make historic Catholic records dating to 1789 available online to people around the world looking to trace their roots. (New England Historic Genealogical Society via AP)
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Okan Dogan of the Islamic Institute of Austin sings a prayer during an interfaith prayer event on the steps of the Texas State Capitol before the 85th Texas Legislative session begins, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
